FireDave

https://www.motorsport.com/motogp/ne...-2020/4599800/

PeteN95

Zarco looked good, but this makes sense. Alex is younger and has just as many lower class championships as Zarco. He is also guaranteed to get along with Marc well. It will be interesting to see where Zarco goes, Avintia, Moto2, or..?

mcrider007

I don’t see how Honda, in its wildest dreams, could think that Alex is going to be competitive next year in MotoGP given how long it took him to be competitive in Moto2.

Maybe they don’t care since Mark won the Triple Championship this year almost by himself and this is Honda’s way of giving him a bonus although I would think that if Alex doesn’t perform well next year it will be a major distraction for Mark.

Syringe

It will be interesting to see how they get along.

From yesterday's test, it looks like they share one trait - both of them binned their bikes! Alex was also last on the time sheet, about 2.5 sec down from Quartararo.

I was glad to see Yamaha is testing both a new chassis & engine.

FireDave

I'm wondering if big brother will ride to protect Alex, try to get him wins or a championship.

If Yamaha steps up, I like Mav's and Diablo's chances next year.

paradox206

I was going to say it would be almost impossible for him to crash as much as Cal does, but he's off to a good start to proving that wrong!

I think it's a good money move by them though. They'll get a lot of attention (not that they don't have enough already), sell a bunch of merch and if things go well Alex will score more points than Lorenzo did in 2019....(29 shouldn't be hard). Honestly though, I think he'll be on par with what Franco did this year (115/10th). If he does better than Cal then it'll be a full on win.

PeteN95

Fabio never really lit the world on fire in either Moto3 or Moto2, but he is back to being the wonder boy he was before Moto3.

craiger

Good thing Honda has resources, Alex bins it every race. Aint gonna get any easier at the premier level. Lot of dudes he used to race with are on that grid. I'm sure they'll take great pleasure in spanking him early and often.

Tripledij

Last year MM93 had the most crashes in MotoGP ( 23 ) and it worked out just fine for him.

https://www.crash.net/motogp/feature...ogp-falls-list

craiger

during practices? doesn't really count, now does it?

Tripledij

I think that's how he finds the limit.

I don't understand why anyone would think that Alex should get it all figured out by the end of next year.

JL is the only rider to beat MM in motogp for a championship, and look how long it took him to adjust to the Ducati. I wish he could have stayed there this year.

chadams66

these guys are going to rule the track..everyone else gets to race for 3rd...

mcrider007

When you establish your betting lines for your predictions, I’m pretty sure I am going to want a piece of the action.

FireDave

My dark-horse-hopes go to Pol and Mir.

I don't think Alex will do much as a rookie. Or has the ruthlessness of Marc, but then . . . nobody does.

PeteN95

Don't forget this guy on the Yamaha! Errr... wrong Fabio?!